Our Vision

The City of uMhlathuze, as a port city, will offer improved quality of life for all its citizens through sustainable development. It will be a renowned centre for: Trade, Tourism and Nature-lovers, Coastal Recreation, Commerce, Industry, Forestry, and Agriculture.

Our Mission

To develop uMhlathuze as the industrial, commercial and administrative centre within the natural beauty of the region, providing a range of efficient municipal services thereby ensuring economic development, dynamic investment growth and an improvement in the quality of life for all.

City Overview

The City of uMhlathuze comprises the economic powerhouse of Richards Bay and Empangeni, and its supporting areas of Esikhawini, Ngwelezane, Nseleni, Felixton, Vulindlela, and rural areas.

City Overview

Some 796km2 falls under the jurisdiction of one of South Africa’s most sophisticated local authorities, which is focusing on attracting more industrial, commercial and tourism investment to the region on the north coast of Zululand in KwaZulu-Natal.

City Overview

uMhlathuze Municipality is not only financially sound, but also offers investors and visitors first class facilities, services and infrastructure.

Likewise it is home to the country’s largest deep-water port and an industrial development zone and enjoys the associated economic spin-offs.

City Overview

The City of uMhlathuze is the third largest municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.

Located on the north-east coast of the province, it is a strategically placed aspirant metropolitan due its close proximity to Durban.

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WATER CRISIS NOTICE

Water-shedding, restrictions and reporting procedures

As we are all aware, South Africa is fast running out of water. We are experiencing the worst drought since 1992, with dams at critical levels and diminishing rivers and streams. In light of the above, the City of uMhlathuze would like to bring to your attention that it is currently faced with a complex challenge in the management of water supply and demand. This affects all customers receiving water. The situation is expected to continue until water levels at the raw water source are increased, through rainfall. In attempt to manage the situation we will apply water restrictions in the form of water closures at times that will be announced to the public in due course read more

The new load shedding schedule can be found here LATEST LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE please note that this schedule is applicable for the remainder of the year.Kindly take note that Esikhaleni, Ngwelezane, eNseleni, Vulindlela and Felixton will be directly load shed by Eskom when required.

For the second consecutive year the City of uMhlathuze has been awarded the prestigious Govan Mbeki award for the Best Accredited Level 2 Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, outperforming all other municipalities in the province including eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.In addition the Municipality was also second runner-up for the Best Rural Housing Programme with the KwaMadlebe housing project.The awards were bestowed on the Municipality at the annual GovanMbeki Awards hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Human Settlements in Durban.The awards aim to promote a culture of excellence within the Human Settlement sector in the delivery of quality human settlements and dignity to communities.The awards are named after Govan Mbeki to acknowledge the role he p layed and the vision he had regarding the preservation of human dignity and the provision of human settlements for all.The National Department of Human Settlements officially awarded Level 2 Accreditation to the City of uMhlathuze at the end of 2012,in accordance with the National Accreditation Framework for Municipalities to Administer National Housing Programmes. This gives the Municipality the authority to undertake full programme management and administration of all housing programmes within its area of jurisdiction. This has enabled the Municipality to take a hands-on approach to human settlement projects to overcome administrative delays and better drive service delivery to communities.The City will now proceed to the national round of the awards that will be held later this year.